Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-09-14
CRAZED By A CLAIRvOYANT.
How Three PhilAdelphiA Women Tried
to Break a GDell


to Break Spell.
Three insane patients were recently
placed in the wards of the Philadelphia
Hospital, and there Is probably no case on
| record where insanity has been superin-
duced by causes more peculiar Mrs
Rachel Davis, an aged colored woman, who
lived at Seventy-frst and Spring streets,
and her two married daughters Sarah
Dilks and Elizabeth Milton, both of whom
lived with their mother, were the patients,
| and, it Is charged, all were victims of a
female clairvoyant,' Mrs. William LIE Dent,
who lives at 1895 South Seventeenth street.
Three weeks ago Mrs. lie Dent was
called upon to see Mrs Milton, who was
III, and while at the house informed her
that some one had put aspell On her which
1t was necessary to remove at once. She
stated that the spell had been worked on
the mother and two daughters by some
people living either in Chester or West
Chester, who were their enemies, but that
she could break the charm if they would
follow her direction and not mention the
matter to any living soul. This they
promised TO do, and were furnished with a
lot of herbs by Mrs. lie Dent, who in
drink it. She also placed something
around their necks and instructed them to
grasp this with both hands close to the
chin occasionally and remark "Jack.
get out Of my way"
The three women became very much
frightened on receiving the information,
but promised to follow the directions given
by the clairvoyant. Mrs. Davis, the
mother, acted very queerly after the visit
OF Mrs. LIE Dent. She would go to the
stores, purchase groceries, throw them into
stove and burn them up. The two daugh-
tiers were also considerably affected and in
dulged in peculiar antics, which clearly
indicated that their minds were weakened
Mrs. lie Dent continued her visits to the
house, the last one being made on Thurs
day
Mrs. Davis son Levi, who is a patrol
man of the Twenty-f.st District, learned
these facts, and went to the house He
found the three women, who told him of
the spell that had been put upon them,
and, when questioned closely, informed
him what the clairvoyant had told them.
Finding that they were not capable of
taking care of themselves, and fearing that
thof lAiSut iiihiCt iiaiH upon OHc another,
Policeman Davis called in DR.. James
Ogden. who lives at Seventeen street and
Woodland avenue, and DR.. Anderson, who
lives in the vicinity. They made an ex-
animation and pronounced the women de-
mented. BY the directions of the physi-
clans, the three women were removed to
the insane department of the Philadelphia
Hospital, where they are now under treat
ment
Officer Davis this morning called on
Magistrate Randall for the purpose of Sc
curing a warrant for the clairvoyants ar
rest but Randall refused to issue the
document. He then called on Magistrate
Smith, at the Central Station, to whom he
related the whole circumstance, and a war
rant was issued, charging Mrs. LIE Dent
with violating the Act relating to fortune
telling, and also with administering a po-
ylon for the purpose of removing a spell
The warrant was taken by the officer, who
was instructed to arrest the woman at
once. At noon she was taken into custody
and carried to the Central Station, where
at o'clock she was arraigned before
Magistrate Smith She said she was
medium, and was held in s., 900 for fur
Their hearing-C Commercial Gazette.